Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kečɜ

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Uralic

Reconstruction

Most descendants suggest *e, but Khanty points to original *i or *ä. Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs *käci (= *käče in Wiktionary's transcription).

Noun

*kečɜ

knife

Synonyms

*wäŋće

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: kés
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: касай (kasaj)
  - Eastern Mansi: ка̄си (kāsi)
- Khanty:
  - Eastern Khanty: кӧҷәӽ (köč̣əḥ)
  - Northern Khanty: кэши (keši)
Proto-Mari: *kü̆ćə (see there for further descendants)

References

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

Entry #276 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

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